#2C9F8D#2C9F8D

#2C9F8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.103 H 179.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9F8D
RGB	rgb(44, 159, 141)
HSL	hsl(171, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(171, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 11.3%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.21, -35.76, 0.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.21, 35.76, 179.58°)
OKLab	oklab(63.54% -0.1034 0.0001)
OKLCH	oklch(63.54% 0.103 179.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.2422, 27.2527, 29.4930)
Luminance	0.2726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9F8D #9F2C3E

analogous

#2C9F54 #2C9F8D #2C779F

triadic

#2C9F8D #8D2C9F #9F8D2C

tetradic

#2C9F8D #542C9F #9F2C3E #779F2C

square

#2C9F8D #542C9F #9F2C3E #779F2C

split-complementary

#2C9F8D #9F2C77 #9F542C

monochromatic

#113F38 #1F6F62 #2C9F8D #3ECAB4 #6ED7C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#2C9F8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#2C9F8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9F8D

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9F8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9F8D	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98958C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888A8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9f8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 159, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.103 179.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77bcae',
    500: '#2c9f8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9f8d;
$custom-light: #77bcae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9f8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.609,
    "s": 56.65,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63538,
    "c": 0.10339,
    "h": 179.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9F8D

secondary

#BE6976

accent

#4860E0

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9F8D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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